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Santiago Casilla earned the save in the Giants' win over the Cardinals in Game 4 of the NLCS on Wednesday.

On to protect a two-run lead, Casilla got pinch-hitter Daniel Descalso and Matt Carpenter out before allowing a single by Jon Jay that brought Matt Holliday to the plate as the tying run. Casilla froze Holliday with a two-seam fastball that ran back over the outside of the plate to end the game, his second strikeout of the night. Casilla has been dominant this postseason, allowing just one hit and one walk over six scoreless innings of work. The Giants own a 3-1 series lead heading into Thursday's Game 5. Thu, Oct 16, 2014 12:13:00 AM

Santiago Casilla pitched a perfect ninth inning to close out the Cardinals in Game 1 of the NLCS on Saturday.

Casilla was tasked with retiring Jhonny Peralta, Matt Adams and Yadier Molina with a three-run lead, and he had little issue doing so in convincing fashion. Casilla was also spotless in three innings of work in the Division Series against the Nationals. The right-hander is locked in right now. Sat, Oct 11, 2014 11:36:00 PM

Santiago Casilla tossed a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Tuesday's victory over the Nationals.

Casilla issued a two-out walk to the red-hot Bryce Harper but was able to clinch the series by getting Wilson Ramos to ground out to end it. The Giants' closer allowed just the one baserunner and no runs during his three NLDS appearances. Wed, Oct 8, 2014 12:58:00 AM

Santiago Casilla slammed the door on the Nationals in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Friday, retiring all three hitters that he faced in the ninth inning to preserve a one-run advantage.

Sergio Romo, who had been used as part of a closing tandem with Casilla near the end of the regular season, allowed a pair of hits in a scoreless eighth inning. It was the first career postseason save in 16 appearances for the 34-year-old right-hander. Fri, Oct 3, 2014 07:24:00 PM

Angel Pagan (back) will get some at-bats in a minor league game Tuesday.

It will be his first game action since his back issues cropped up a week ago. Giants manager Bruce Bochy admitted just a few days ago to being concerned about Pagan having more problems with his surgically-repaired back, and the outfielder is far from out of the woods. Tuesday will be a nice step, though, provided he doesn't have a setback.

Hunter Pence will be sidelined 6-8 weeks after an X-ray confirmed he has a non-displaced fracture in his left forearm.

Pence suffered the break when he was hit by a pitch just above his wrist during a Cactus League game Thursday. With a 6-8 week timetable, you would have to figure there's a good chance he'll be sidelined for the entire month of April. Pence has played in a major league-leading 383 consecutive games, as he's yet to miss a game since joining the Giants. Obviously that streak will come to an end. Gregor Blanco should be in line to see the bulk of the at-bats during Pence's absence.

Matt Cain allowed three runs in four innings as the Giants won 11-9 over the Dodgers on Sunday.

The Dodgers scored once in the first inning on a Yasiel Puig RBI double and twice in the third inning on a Joc Pederson solo home run and Yasmani Grandal RBI double. Cain gave up six hits and a walk while striking out three overall. Cain has now allowed seven runs in 7 2/3 spring innings, but the Giants are simply happy he's healthy, as he is trying to bounce back from elbow surgery.

Tim Hudson wasn't very sharp on Monday, serving up four runs on 10 hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings against the Cubs.

All told, it could have been much worse. The Cubs scored once in each of the first four innings. Hudson has mostly pitched well this spring and looks regular season-ready in what may be the 39-year-old's final season. He compiled a 3.57 ERA and a 120/34 K/BB ratio in 189 1/3 innings for the Giants last season.